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Yet another reminder that everyone everywhere should be blocking all ads all the time. I don't say that lightly as absolutes tend to not be the appropriate sol
by hightrix 7mo ago
Yet another reminder that everyone everywhere should be blocking all ads all the time. I don't say that lightly as absolutes tend to not be the appropriate solution, but an absolute stance of blocking ads is appropriate.
- derwiki 7mo ago100%, this has been my soap box for years. A very easy, effective, multi-layer setup: 1. Browser adblocker 2. Pi hole running locally 3. Pi hole at your home network router level And 4, not as easy but effective, a firewall like Little Snitch Edit: the other good news is your old data loses value quickly, so starting today is still very effective: you haven’t missed the boat yet!
- Zak 7mo agoThis doesn't cover in-app adds on phones over mobile data, which is probably the main vector for the tracking discussed in the article. For that: 1. Adblocking via private DNS (e.g. https://mullvad.net/en/help/dns-over-https-and-dns-over-tls https://mullvad.net/en/help/dns-over-https-and-dns-over-tls) 2. Prefer websites over native apps wherever possible 3. Browser adblocker Hosts file adblocking is also possible on a phone where you have root.
- allthetime 7mo agoDon't use apps with ads. I can't think of a single necessary one.
- Scrounger 7mo agoThis is what I do... I use Mullvad VPN with NextDNS.io for DNS.